You can do that by changing the attributes in the html <SELECT> tag.
I don't remember the syntax, sorry try:
http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/htmlguid/contents.htm
--- Matthew Hafner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> selected worked, what if i want to have multiple values selected?
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> Not sure what you mean.
>
> If you want the values in the drop down box to be bold, you have to
> set
> up your jsp to print out <b></b> when it populates the <SELECT> tag.
>
> Now, if you want a particular value *selected* in the <SELECT> tag
> you
> can either use jsp to printout the keyword "SELECTEd" in the
> appropiate
> OT or used javascript to select the appropiate value
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> --- Matthew Hafner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > im reading values out of a database and populating a form.
> > everything works
> > fine, but, i cant get the values from the database to highlight its
> > corresponding value in a drop down box. is this possible? or does
> > the user
> > have to reselect this field everytime they view their user
> profiles?
> >
> > Matthew Hafner
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